Now, I know what you’re thinking: the floating barrels have served us well over the past several centuries. I agree, but so did swimming, yet this was made infinitely easier through befriending and riding Enguarde the Swordfish, and I know there’s not a single Kong here who would even consider going through Clam City without him. Why then, do we not apply the same forward thinking to our land travels?
If that doesn’t persuade you, please consider this: we had four deaths in Snow Barrel Blast last year. Four. These are Kongs who never again had a chance to hop on Rambi the Rhinoceros’s back or see their children attend Wrinkly’s Kong Kollege. And do you know the worst part of these tragedies? Their deaths were easily preventable, and certainly would never have happened had being shot out of rotating, floating barrels in the middle of a heavy snowfall not been their sole means of conveyance. Shame on all of us for letting this happen.
And I know our mine cart tracks are in a horrible state of disrepair, as they have stood neglected for decades. However, I would venture to posit that, with our banana hoard, we do not need the mines at all, and would benefit from just sealing the entrances. After all, I don’t even know what natural resources we were extracting from the land, much less what we did with them or who we traded them with, and I challenge anyone here to tell me.
So let’s do the practical thing here and focus our attention, and much more importantly, our investment, on building a high-speed rail system throughout the whole of Kong Country. Not only will our children and grandchildren thank us, but King K. Rool will certainly think twice about stealing our bananas once he sees how quickly the Kongs are able to reach Gang-Plank Galleon and foil his vicious and dastardly plans.
